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J Appl Physiol 39: 943-949, 1975;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 39, Issue 6 943-949, Copyright © 1975 by American Physiological Society

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Elastic behavior of postmortem human lungs: effects of aging and mild emphysema

D. E. Niewoehner, J. Kleinerman and L. Liotta

The elastic behavior of postmortem human lungs has been studied in an effort to differentiate the effects of normal aging from those of mild emphysema. Static pressure-volume (P-V) curves were measured in 50 lungs obtained from men 15-85 yr of age, including 12 lungs with mild-to-moderate emphysema. The emphysema was quantitatively assessed by gross and microscopic methods. The P-V relationship in all lungs is accurately described by the empirically fitted equation, P = alpha1ea2v. This expression is useful because the two parameters separate the effects of elastic behavior (alpha1) from size (alpha2) on the P-V curve. There is a close negative correlation (R = -0.94) Between age and alpha1 in normal lungs but no significant age dependence of alpha2. Further decreases in alpha1 are found in most emphysematous lungs. Alpha1 is more than 2 SEE below the age-predicted mean in five of nine lungs with minimal emphysema (1-10% by point count) and more than 5 SEE below the mean in the three more severely affected lungs. There is a close correlation (R = +0.90) between alpha1 and the alveolar surface-to-volume ratio in both normal and emphysematous lungs.


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